POETRY/SPIRITUALITY
Go to Hell
A poem about embracing the painful to awaken to Love
Do you think that by creating your own little heaven
You can find God?
By finding your Soul Mate
Who will agree to everything you say?
By having a lovely castle
With flowers all around
And No Trespassing signs that people will actually obey?
By having children who will do what you tell them,
And earn the honor of becoming a bumper sticker
On the rear of your car?
By having a sculpted body,
Beautiful enough to be in an underwear ad?
By going on cruises to visit happy islands;
By attending spas with their facial creams and boiling water?
By belonging to a community
Where everyone knows your name,
And may even carry your bags?
Go to hell!
That’s right.
You heard Janaka’s words.
You must go to hell
And pull down your pants
To sit upon the steaming coals,
Open wide your mouth
And…
